[governance] Workshop 197 - Network Neutrality - Exploring a

[Ian Peter]

A brief update here ­ we have preliminary agreement with Diplo Foundation
and also Technology Policy Institute to combine the three suggested
workshops on this topic and aim for a three hour session.  So we will
proceed along those lines for now.




On 8/06/09 8:23 AM, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> Again we should try to improve this by June 15 and also establish a small
> working group to run this workshop.
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> Details of our previous submission are below. Ive suggested in a separate
> message we merge with Diplo workshop on the same subject. Ginger will approach
> them 
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> We  have some suggestions for potential partners/speakers on this below. Can
> we have a few volunteers to be the organising group? Either onlist or offlist,
> whichever you prefer
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> Current proposal is below.
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> Title: Network Neutrality - Exploring a global consensus on principles
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> Concise Description:
> There is an increasing recognition of the urgency to develop some kind of NN
> principles in order to preserve the open and democratic nature of the
> Internet, and safeguard the interest of Internet users and others affected by
> it. This workshop will explore recent efforts to articulate and agree on NN
> principles in Europe, Japan, the U.S. and developing countries. While
> proceeding from numerous national regulatory developments, it will try to
> assess the transnational implications of various approaches to NN, especially
> vis a vis developing countries who seem largely absent from NN debates.
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> Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your
> workshop fall under?
> Openness
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> Have you organized an IGF workshop before? Yes
> If so, please provide the link to the report:
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/2008-igf-hyderabad/event-reports/72-w
> orkshops/392-workshop-85-the-transboundary-internet-jurisdiction-control-and-s
> overeignty
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> Would you be the Workshop organizer? Yes
> If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
> should organize it?
> Internet Governance Project (IGP) is happy to play a support role in
> organizing this. Others we would approach: Free Press (USA-based civil society
> advocacy group); Consumer Council of Norway; ITforChange (India-based civil
> society advocacy group), Japan Internet Providers Association and Ministry of
> Communications. There are other specific countries or examples that are
> involved in such negotiations over principles that we don't know about yet but
> will learn about later. We will seek out additional developing country
> commentators in particular.
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> The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:Internet Governance Caucus
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> Contact Person: Ian Peter
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